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Kissing ought to mean something,
ought to express the truest and full
est love possible. Young people kiss
too much, often when it means noth
ing. Kissing like all good things, is
much abused and misused. It is said
that Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ
with a kiss. Theodore Johnson,
481 6 St Paul Av.
medicine they receive. "Sweet char
ity," what hellish deeds are commit
ted in thy name. William Wallace.
TO "MODEST GIRL" Say, Mod
est girl, I am a young man. Let me
tell you a few things about kissing,
etc. Thesethings are important and
serious and should not be dealt with
in a loose and flippant way.
You can very well do without the
company of the "nice fellows" who
wants to kiss you at first sight and
who tell you that "other girls are do
ing it." The "enjoyment and gay
ety" that they give you isn't worth
while and may prove too expensive in
the long run to you. Tell them to
take out "the other girls" with whom
they can have the "gfod time" that
they have in mind. .
Kissing is all right in its place. But
first you must know who kisses you
and why he does it. "Beware of
strangers!" is a good warning. And
if you are not an expert judge of peo
ple you will need to meet a fellow
more than once or twice to know
much about him. Of course, if you
want to be a butterfly you needn't be
very particular. Then you can asso
ciate freely with the butterflies and
do as they do. But remember that
their existence is a short one.
Yes, there are kisses and kisses.
Some kisses express love in. its full
est measure, admiration, a longing
of two souls or minds to commune,
to mingle, to unite, to create. Others
are simply the preludes to the grati
fication of one single, momentary
passion common to all humans and
animals sex.
Learn the difference between
between these two kinds of kisses.
It is wrong to condemn all kisses. It
is wrong lor a girl to distrust all fel
lows. ' She must learn to judge and
discriminate. By a little observation
and reflection one soon learns the
motives and intentions of people and
becomes acquainted with the con
tents and qualities of their minds.
; Too much kissing cheapens it,
WAR BUGS. There are a few
people who are war bugs just at pres
ent They think everybody should
follow them. Why don't they go and
fight the Germans in Europe the
same as some other Americans are
doing and not make so much fuss
and want this country to follow
them? B. G. Clancy.
THE DRUNKARD. Prohibition
has not been a personal matter with
me. I have enough will-power to re
sist the temptation of excessive
drinking. I believe the person who
hurts the saloon business most Is the
habitual drunkard. All saloonkeep
ers are not bad at heart; there was
one in,p&rticular who was one of my
best friends. It is not very often
that you can find a true friend in a
saloonkeeper, but the one whom I
have in mind was really a true friend
of mine. We have had many talks
on the drink question and he told me
the fellow that would eventually
drive them out of business is the
drunk. He said: "If I had my way
about it I would not sell them any
more booze, but, if I don't, some one
else will; so there you are."
Now let us look at the curse of drink
from a union man's standpoint How
much harm has it not already done
to our organization, where the of
ficers are under the Influence of
liquor. Poorly-attended meetings
are often caused by drunken dis
turbers. Inefficient members are
often put in office because they bribe
their way through drink. Some one
has said, why worry about them;
they are only a small percentage?,
But I feeWt is one's duty to protect